<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Thanks for clearing that up for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I had heard it was 1 year.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Cheeers</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ChicagoTuner@aol.com href="mailto:ChicagoTuner@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=davespianotuning@earthlink.net href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">davespianotuning@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 7/30/2005 1:07:32 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: RPT test</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Dave, </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>             "Upon completion of the third exam, any exam that was passed more than four years prior to that last exam and is no longer current, must be retaken." (ART III, Sec B, 3.) </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>        The exam committee is continuously monitoring the whole process. Exams are occasionally updated with the approval of the Council. Usually, an exam is current for several years. The effective dates are published in your by-law supplement. Watch for the new one as they just updated the tech test with some nice improvements.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>       So, finish in four years and you're done. More than four years and the versions of the test(s) you passed (more than four years ago only) will be checked to see if they are still current and those might have to be retaken.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>      This has been the procedure for years. (Really!)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>Is there a maximum time window for completing all three tests in the RPT exam? <STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Not really, under the by-law there is no maximum time limit for reclassifying. Good Luck with your exams!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Michael Gutowski</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Chicago</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>I have heard mixed comments on this question and would like to clear it up in my mind.</DIV> <DIV>I think I'm doing fairly well for the written and repair / regulation aspect, but the aural tuning part is ' slow going ' for me at this point.</DIV> <DIV>Not sure if I should take the first two, if I'm not ready for the third.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave McKibben</DIV> <DIV>Piano Tuning & Repair 858-776-2516</DIV> <DIV><A title=mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net href="mailto:davespianotuning@earthlink.net">davespianotuning@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV><A title=http://home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/ href="http://home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/">http://home.earthlink.net/~davespianotuning/</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>